Author: Alexander Moradi

The map was created using QGIS. We read in the locations of Ghana missions in 1850, 1875, 1897 and 1932. The data was drawn from Ecclesiastical Returns of the Colonial Blue Books. Details and data are available in Meier zu Selhausen et al. (2021).
Using QGIS Layout Manager the legend was added and the map saved in pdf format.

To replicate the maps, in QGIS open Figure4.qgz OR open all shapefiles individually.

Input files:
1. <GC1831.shp> (Boundaries of the Gold Coast of 1831, source: Bening 1999)
2. <GHA_adm0.shp> (Boundaries of Ghana as in 2020)
3. <5cities.xls> (Coordinates and labels of the 5 cities shown in Figure 4)
4. <church_grid1850.shp> (Number of missions in 1850, aggregatred and located to grid centroid)
5. <church_grid1875.shp> (Number of missions in 1875)
6. <church_grid1897.shp> (Number of missions in 1897)
7. <church_grid1932.shp> (Number of missions in 1932)

Output files:
1. <Figure4a.pdf> (Map of missions in 1850)
2. <Figure4b.pdf> (Map of missions in 1875)
3. <Figure4c.pdf> (Map of missions in 1897)
4. <Figure4d.pdf> (Map of missions in 1932)

Sources:
Bening, R. B. (1999). Ghana : regional boundaries and national integration. Accra: Ghana Universities Press.
Meier zu Selhausen, F., Moradi, A., & Jedwab, R. (2021). Georeferenced data of Christian mission stations, Ghana (1752–1932). Data in Brief, 38, 107445. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107445
